Texas Stadium Gonna Be Blowed Up Real Good

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Lost in all the hub-bub of the Double J’s gleaming new stadium/entertainment complex/future home of the US defense department is what happens to the poor, lonely, orphaned stadium the Cowboys left behind. What will become of not-so-beloved Texas Stadium?

Irving city leaders want to work with travel companies to attract fans to watch the demolition, at a date to be determined, possibly from cities with ardent rivals of the Cowboys.

So if you’re a Giants or Redskins or Eagles fan, it behooves you to come down to Big D and cackle with schaudenfraude as the Cowboys Stadium gets turned to rubble – because the team decided to move into a better, bigger, way way way cooler stadium and don’t need it anymore. I’m sure it will cut the Cowboys to the bone.

Regardless, few things are as thrilling as seeing a big building blow up. So, to prime you for Texas Stadium’s upcoming swift and brutal execution, here are a couple of other old stadiums getting blown to high hell. Man has always loved his buildings. But what happens when the buildings say NO MORE?!